Extended Data Figure 1: Location of Lake Mary, Mississippi (MRY) and sediment core (MRY2) used in this study. | Nature

Extended Data Figure 1: Location of Lake Mary, Mississippi (MRY) and sediment core (MRY2) used in this study.

From: Climatic control of Mississippi River flood hazard amplified by river engineering

Extended Data Figure 1

Lake Mary is an oxbow lake that formed via neck cut-off of the lower Mississippi River in ad 177620 and is situated inside the modern floodway such that it continues to be inundated during overbank floods. Bathymetric contours (white) given in metres. Shaded relief shows relative topographic lows (dark shades) and highs (light shades) according to the National Elevation Dataset25.

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